Happy 2010 !!

A few more hours to the new year!!! Hope everybody will be healthy and happy for the whole of 2010!!

5 things that we want to do

We hope to start our challenge at the heart of old Macau - Largo Do Senado (Senate Square). We hope to explore the city's Portuguese colonial baroque architectures such as the Santa Casa da Misericordia and Igreja de Sao Domingos.

And we will definitely want to visit the Runias de Sao Paulo (Ruins of St. Paul) which is the symbolic structure for Macau; like the Merlion for Singapore and Status of Liberty for New York City.

Then, we hope to spend some time at the Macau Museum. Pork Chop Bun, Portuguese Egg tarts and Almond cookies are some of the local snacks that we hope to savour.

Then, we will make our way to the Flora Garden where we will take the cable car to the Guia Hill. It is the highest point in Macau at 109m!!! We will then walk to to Guia Fort and admire the sweeping views of Macau from the cannon platform.

For dinner, we hope to have Portuguese cuisine such as ameijoas and bacalhau. And what is going to Macau if we don't step into the casinos.

In short, the 5 things that we want to do:

1. Macau Museum (Mop$15/adult, Mop$30 for 2 adults)

2. Local snacks (Mop$50)

3. Cable car to Guia Hill (Mop$5/adult for return ticket, Mop$10 for 2 adults)

4. Portuguese Cuisine for dinner (Mop$200)

5. Big Money (Mop$40)

SGD$60 = MOP$330 at the rate of SGD$1 = MOP$5.5

Tips @ MACAU

Macau was geographically divided into three main regions: a peninsula and two islands. However, reclamation of the area between Taipa and Coloane has created a fourth region of Cotai and resulting in one bigger island with the peninsula.

Getting to Macau by plane:
Macau International Airport [3] (MFM) is off the shore of Taipa Island. It has basic facilities and a couple of aerobridges, but it is possible that you will park on the tarmac and take a bus to the terminal.

Macau's home carriers are Air Macau [4] and low-cost competitor Viva Macau [5]. While nowhere nearly as well served as Hong Kong, the airport is popular among low-cost airlines thanks to its low landing fees. Air Asia flies to Macau from Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang, while Tiger [6] and Jetstar [7] serve Singapore, Cebu pacific[8] and Philipines Airlines serve Manila and Clark, Thai AirAsia flies to Bangkok.

Getting to the Taipa Island:
Bus AP1 plies a route between the airport and the Barrier Gate. Its route passes through several points on Taipa Island, and it stops at the ferry terminal on the peninsula on the way. It costs MOP4.20 per passenger, and MOP3.00 per bag. It has limited provision for baggage, and can be very crowded (you may not even get the first bus to arrive). Change at the ferry terminal for other destinations, the frequent number 3 bus runs from the ferry terminal and passes the Lisboa, Landmark Hotel, and Holiday Inn, or catch one of the hotel/casino shuttles which go the ferry terminal. The buses do not give change, but there is a currency exchange just inside the terminal that will change foreign currency into low denomination MOP.
Alternatively, take a metered taxi straight to your destination, but there's a MOP 5 airport surcharge plus MOP 2 for the bridge and MOP 3 per bag. Fares to the city center are around MOP 40-50, the trip taking 15-20 minutes.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Macao#Get_in

Are you ready for the JetSaver Light Challenge?

JetSaver Light Challenge is back, this time we will be flying you to Macau!
So get ready for a day of fun, excitement and new experiences in Macau as you and a friend pit yourselves against fellow travelers for the grand prize.

What's included in the Macau JetSaver Light Challenge?
- Airfare inclusive of taxes
- 3 nights' accommodation.
- A budget of SGD30 per person. (SGD60 per team)

What's Excluded
- Travel insurance
- Personal spending money

Grand prize: SGD1,000 Jetstar travel voucher to a destination of your choice*!

(1) Start off by telling us how your team plans to explore the exciting sights and food in Macau for a day.
Share with us the 5 things that you will do (what you will do, eat, buy, etc) with a given allowance of SGD30 per person!

(2) 10 outstanding teams will be selected to travel for FREE between 1 – 4 February for a 4D3N trip!
This is a JetSaver Light Challenge; the teams will not be allowed any check in baggage. The savings from the JetSaver Light fare (SGD30 per pax) will be used to explore the 5 things you want to do in Macau.

(3) The 10 teams will need to capture their Macau moments on photos and post it on their blog!
The teams MUST also pose and capture a Star Jump shot at the most memorable place for the team while in Macau. The most interesting blog wins a SGD1,000 Jetstar travel voucher to a destination of your choice!*

So what are you waiting for?

Tell us the 5 things you want to do in Macau NOW and send it to promotions@jetstarasia.com! Please email with the subject heading – Macau JetSaver Light Challenge and include:

• Participants’ name
• Contact number(s)
• Occupation
• Age
• URLs of your personal blogs